This is an analysis of the poem Auf Einen Professor Philosophiae that begins with:
Seht ihr den Mann mit stäubender Perücke?
Wie sprudelt ihm die hochgelahrte Kehle!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111111001 110111001 111101000 1101011100 110111111101 111100101 10110101100 11111101100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Auf Einen Professor Philosophiae;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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